An experiment to validate the concept of developing an autonomous integrated spacecraft navigation system using on board Global Positioning System (GPS) and Inertial Navigation System (INS) measurements is described. The feasibility of integrating GPS measurements with INS measurements to provide a total improvement in spacecraft navigation performance, i.e. improvement in position, velocity and attitude information, was previously demonstrated. An important aspect of this research is the automatic real time reconfiguration capability of the system designed to respond to changes in a spacecraft mission under the control of an expert system.
Autonomous GPS/INS Navigation Experiment for Space Transfer Vehicle (STV)
1991
10 pages
Report
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Englisch
Astronautics , Manned Spacecraft , Unmanned Spacecraft , Navigation Systems , Attitude indicators , Autonomous navigation , Global positioning system , Inertial navigation , Software engineering , Systems integration , Onboard data processing , Spacecraft control , Systems engineering , Transfer orbits
Autonomous GPS-INS Navigation Experiment for Space Transfer Vehicle
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